57 affordable Mother's Day gifts that look luxe, but have pleasingly low price points
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When shopping for affordable Mother's Day gifts, the mind might conjure images of lacklustre anti-perspirant sets and uninspiring lip balm collections. However, we've found a plethora of surprisingly affordable gifts that don't break the bank but still carry heartfelt sentiment. Whether you're scrambling for last-minute Mother's Day gifts or seeking to surprise your mother-in-law, grandmother, or an expectant mum, we've searched high and low, and covered all bases, in order to compile a curated selection of gifts that will delight even the trickiest to shop for mums. Within our guide, you’ll find a selection of presents catering to various tastes. From delicate bracelets and chic loungewear to fragrant candles and beyond, our finds are sure to make a lasting impression, proving that budget-friendly gifts can pack just as much punch when it comes to thoughtful giving.
If you're not up to speed, Mother's Day in 2024 falls on March 10th, meaning you have just a few days to ensure you have something special for mum to unwrap. Whether it's flowers, chocolates, or a more extravagant gesture, We've scoured our favourite stores to find the finest gifts available online that won't break the bank. Thanks to retailers like Bloom & Wild, The White Company, and Oliver Bonas (among others), there's plenty to choose from. Happy shopping!
The best inexpensive gifts for mums with a high-end feel for Mothering Sunday 2024:
- Best overall - The Anna, £28, Bloom & Wild
- Best foodie gift - Mother's Day Afternoon Tea At Home, £28.79, Cutter & Squidge
- Best luxury gift - Cashmere Bed Socks, £36, The White Company
- Best stationary gift - 2024 Wafer Weekly Diary in Panama, £40, Smythson
- Best wellness gift - Discovery Wellbeing Bath & Shower Oil Collection, £38.25, Sephora
The Anna
Mother's Day Afternoon Tea At Home
Cashmere Bed Socks
2024 Wafer Weekly Diary in Panama
For more gifting inspo, peep our best gifts for her round-up, our best gift sets for women guide and our collection of the best gifts for mums. For more from GLAMOUR UK's Commerce Writer Mayola Fernandes, follow her on Instagram @mayolafernandess.
Ahead, our full edit of the 57 best affordable Mother's Day gifts…
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Best Overall Mother's Day Gift
Bloom & Wild's letterbox flowers offer a delightful surprise, delivering fresh, hand-picked blooms directly to her doorstep. With the ability to filter by colour, occasion, and price, you can tailor the perfect arrangement to suit her preferences, and even enhance the gift with extras like chocolate or a letterbox-friendly vase.
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Best Foodie Mother's Day Gift
Mother's Day Afternoon Tea At Home
Surprise mum with a delicious Mother's Day afternoon tea hamper delivered right to her doorstep. Inside, she'll find handmade, buttery scones accompanied by sweet strawberry jam and clotted cream, followed by indulgent treats like rich chocolate brownies and mini lemon drizzle cakes.
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Best Luxury Mother's Day Gift
Warm, plush, and essential for cosying up indoors, The White Company's cashmere bed socks will elevate her experience of snuggling up with a book on the sofa to new levels of comfort and luxury.
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Best Stationary Mother's Day Gift
2024 Wafer Weekly Diary in Panama
Featuring gilt-edged, pale blue paper, this A5 diary showcases a convenient week-to-view layout and tear-away corners, making it ideal for helping mum stay organised throughout the year. Our personal favourite is the crossgrain silver design, but there are nine other colours to choose from.
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Best Wellness Mother's Day Gift
Discovery Wellbeing Bath & Shower Oil Collection
Treat mum to the transformative benefits of aromatherapy with these luxurious bath and shower oils, ideal for enhancing her self-care regimen and uplifting her mood.
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Best Candle Mother's Day Gift
Jo Malone London Peony & Blush Suede Travel Candle
You can't go wrong with any of Jo Malone's fine-perfumery blends, but for Mother's Day, our top pick is the Peony & Blush Suede candle.
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Best Hamper Mother's Day Gift
This gift box from Cartwright & Butler boasts a selection of the brand's finest offerings, from English Breakfast Tea, Triple Choc Chunk Biscuits, Butter Oat Crumble Biscuits, and Butter Fudge, all thoughtfully nestled within a stylish grey gift box. It's the ideal treat to start her day with warmth and sweetness, making it a truly memorable Mother's Day gesture.
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Best Useful Mother's Day Gift
Elizabeth Scarlett's everyday pouch features a classic black base adorned with a stunning golden bee illustration. It's a versatile accessory that can seamlessly shift from a stylish makeup bag to a refined clutch, adapting to any occasion.
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Best Beauty Mother's Day Gift
Byredo Mojave Ghost Hand Cream 30ml
A gorgeously scented hand cream is always a welcome treat. Byredo's offering combines musky Ambrette notes with sweet Jamaican Nesberry, delicate Violet, and fresh Magnolia, resulting in a light and airy scent that lingers delicately after each application.
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Best Fashion Mother's Day Gift
An excellent choice for mums with a keen sense of style, this silk scarf from Arket is a versatile accessory that pairs effortlessly with any outfit.
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Best Chocolate Mother's Day Gift
More chocolate for your forever-craving-chocolate mum, Hotel Chocolat make some exquisite choccy and their unique flavour profiles (think: caramel cheesecake and cherry deluxe) are a real treat to behold.
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Best Pampering Mother's Day Gift
Infused with the natural goodness of organic beeswax for skin nourishment and invigorating orange essential oil to uplift the senses, Neals Yard Remedies trio of favourites will ensure lips and silk stay velvety soft.
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Best Mother's Day Gift From Kids
Wonderbly's personalised storybooks make for a heartwarming Mother's Day gift from your children to their mum. Completely customisable, they allow for personalisation of the author's name and printing in a preferred colour, ensuring a truly special and unique present.
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Best Homeware Mother's Day Gift
Oliver Bonas' lively vase boasts charming daisy motifs, adding a touch of whimsical charm to any space. Specifically crafted for indoor use, it serves as the ideal vessel for showcasing the stunning blooms you present her with on Mother's Day.
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Best Practical Mother's Day Gift
Stackers Medium Travel Jewellery Box
Ensure her most cherished jewels stay secure with this convenient travel box. Our personal favourite features a lovely blush pink hue adorned with rose gold accents as pictured here, but there are three additional colours available too.
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Best Mother's Day Gift For A Sweet Treat
Encased in a stunning hand-illustrated gift box, these exquisite chocolates are meticulously hand-iced with utmost care, offering a delectable selection of six distinct flavours and remain fresh for up to one month.
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Best Pyjama Mother's Day Gift
Crafted from 100% cotton, this floral print pyjama set makes for a wonderful addition to any loungewear collection. It feels soft and airy against the skin, while striped cuffs add a touch of contrast for a stylish finish.
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Best Skincare Mother's Day Gift
Boots' curated kit of skincare essentials comes with a myriad of beauty editor favourites. Included are Weleda's Skin Food to replenish the skin, Pixi's Glow Tonic to sweep away excess oil, and Vichy's Mineral 89 Hyaluronic Acid Serum to hydrate and nourish the skin.
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Best Designer Mother's Day Gift
Anna + Nina Good Morning Breakfast Plate
Treat your mum to breakfast in bed with this lovely plate, showing her just how much you care. Complete the set with a matching mug and bowl, providing her with a beautiful vessel for enjoying her morning cereal or coffee alike.
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Best Floral Mother's Day Gift
A breathtaking floral display is guaranteed to bring joy to her day. Our favourite choice is this fragrant assortment of pink and purple-hued carnations from Bunches, but there's an abundance of other flowers to choose from on the site as well.
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Best Jewellery Mother's Day Gift
A gold bracelet is an essential addition to any jewellry collection, and Mejuri's gold-vermeil bracelet is a standout choice. Featuring heart detailing along the chain, it adds a touch of elegance to any ensemble.
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Best Mother's Day Afternoon Tea Hamper
Afternoon tea and Mother's Day go hand in hand but, if your disposable income doesn't quite stretch to a 3pm booking for Champagne and scones at Claridges, Cutter & Squidge have got just the ticket (and it's super yum).
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Best Hot Chocolate Mother's Day Gift
The Velvetiser - Charcoal Edition
Hot chocolate aficionados will love Hotel Chocolat's Velvetiser, which effortlessly crafts barista-grade drinks in the comfort of your own home. Complete with shavings of grated chocolate, it produces indulgent hot cocoa in under three minutes.
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Best Hydrating Mother's Day Gift
Avéne Hydrance Rehydrating Routine
This skincare gift set is an ideal choice for enhancing any mum's skincare routine. Thoughtfully curated for dry, sensitive skin, it contains a variety of beauty essentials for a thorough cleanse at home. Within, she'll discover a hydrating moisturiser, nourishing serum, and soothing skin spray, ensuring her skin remains supple and soft.
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Best Lindt Mother's Day Gift
Lindt LINDOR Assorted Chocolate Heart Box
You simply can't miss with Lindt's assorted chocolate gift box. It offers a decadent treat for her to indulge in whenever she desires.
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Best Coffee Mother's Day Gift
Grind's French Press Gift Set is designed to elevate the coffee experience for any enthusiast. Featuring a high-quality cafetière alongside the brand's signature house blend, it has everything mum needs to make a rich and flavourful coffee at home.
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Best Cookery Mother's Day Gift
For mothers who enjoy whipping delicous homemade meals for their families, a quality recipe file can be invaluable for preserving cherished recipes to be passed down through generations. Papier's journal features sections for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and sweet treats, as well as ample space to jot down hints and tips for each recipe.
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Best Fragrance Mother's Day Gift
If your mum adores Jo Malone's Wild Bluebell fragrance, why not consider surprising her with the matching body mist? It offers the same delightful scent at a more budget-friendly price point.
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Best Cute Mother's Day Gift
Set of 2 Mummy & Mini Slogan Mugs
This charming duo of sweet mugs is a delightful present from the little ones, allowing them to share heartwarming moments with mum over a warm drink.
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Best Indulgent Mother's Day Gift
Cadbury Mum's Chocolate Basket For Mother's Day
A hamper from the crème de la crème of chocolate, this Cadbury's Mother's Day chocolate basket is overflowing with the brand's most mouth-watering boxes and bars, including roses, buttons, eclairs, and dairy milk. It's the ideal gift to satiate her sweet cravings and ensure a delightful Mother's Day treat.
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Best Sleep Mask Mother's Day Gift
This sleep mask is perfect for when she's trying to get uninterrupted eight hours of sleep. Cut from pure cashmere, it’ll double up as a cosy pillow for her eyes.
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Best Mother's Day Gift For Everyday Use
Aveeno Daily Moisturising Steps Skin Care Regime Set
Few things feel as luxurious as pampering your skin with a nourishing body lotion post-shower. Aveeno, with its skin-first philosophy, presents a hydrating trio including a fragrance-free body lotion, body wash, and moisturising hand cream, providing mum with everything she desires for her skincare routine.
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Best Personalised Mother's Day Gift
Blondies Kitchen Love You Mum 7-inch cookie
This giant baked cookie is skilfully adorned with lavish icing, sprinkled with edible hearts, and personalised with a decadent chocolate fudge message — truly a delectable indulgence.
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Best On The Go Mother's Day Gift
Make & Take Breakfast And Lunch Set
For mums who frequently pack lunch for work, this convenient make-and-take gift set is sure to be a welcome treat. Complete with a water bottle, breakfast bowl, and lunch box, it offers practical convenience for her busy schedule.
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Best Haircare Mother's Day Gift
REVLON One-Step Blow-Dry Multi Styler
A worthy investment, the Revlon One-Step Blow-Dry Multi Styler is the gift that keeps on giving. Featuring three interchangeable attachments, this styling tool brings salon-worthy blowouts from the comfort of your own home.
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Best Fail-Safe Mother's Day Gift
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Best Mother's Day Gift For New Mums
Designed with new and expecting mothers in mind, this indulgent duo ensures a nurturing skincare ritual that promotes radiant skin during pregnancy and beyond.
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Best Mother's Day Gift From Ladurée
Laduree Incontournable macarons box of 12
Treat her to this gift box filled with 12 perfectly baked macarons, each boasting a light and airy texture and filled with a scrumptious filling. With flavours ranging from caramel, chocolate, and pistachio to raspberry, rose, and vanilla, this delicious selection is perfect for sharing or savouring solo.
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Best Embroidered Mother's Day Gift
Elevate her laptop protection with a stylish upgrade from the traditional neoprene cases to Damson Madder's latest design, boasting a rose-quilted fabric and a subtle logo accent on the front.
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Best Self-Care Mother's Day Gift
Delivered in a vibrant box, this Mother's Day beauty gift box includes four full-size essentials and three mini products, providing everything she needs to enhance her self-care regimen.
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Best Birthstone Mother's Day Gift
Family Gift Birthstone Bracelet
Complete with either her birthstone alone or rather the whole family's, this gift from Etsy will keep her nearest and dearest close to her heart, 24/7. J'adore.
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Best Pastel Mother's Day Gift
Astrid Quilted Alphabet Make Up Bag
Featuring soothing pastel hues, this quilted velvet makeup bag is adorned with an embroidered cursive letter of choice, making it the ideal accessory for stowing her beauty essentials and offering a quick pick-me-up wherever her day may take her.
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Best Scented Mother's Day Gift
Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Jet Set
Renowned for its summer scent, this trio from Sol de Janeiro will have mum's skin glowing with the Bum Bum lotion, while she gives off waves of heady almond and caramel from the shower gel and spritz. Just in time for her Easter vacay – bring on the sun.
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Best Gardening Mother's Day Gift
Azul Green Ombre Mini Plant Watering Set
Oliver Bonas' mini watering can and plant mister make for the perfect gardening gift, boasting a super chic aesthetic with their muted ombre design in a soothing green hue.
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Best Photo Frame Mother's Day Gift
John Lewis Checkerboard Photo Frame
Elevate your gift-giving with sentiment by placing your favourite photo of you two in this beautiful John Lewis photo frame.
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Best Expensive Looking Mother's Day Gift
Treasure Me Tiny Jewellery Box
Estella Bartlett not only make some of our favourite jewellery pieces to date, but now accessories, too? This is just the thing mum will need for all her girls trips, romantic getaways and, of course, mother-daughter (or son) city breaks.
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Best Functional Mother's Day Gift
Bath Club Green Rectangular Bath Mat
A plush bath mat is just what her bathroom needs to add that extra touch of luxury. We're loving this design from Oliver Bonas, featuring a polished green border and statement text.
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Best Mother's Day Gift Under £15
If a silk pillowcase is slightly out of your financial reach, this satin number from Kitsch will make a welcome alternative. Preventing hair from catching, skin from dragging and heat from building up throughout the night, mum will have never looked better.
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Best Last-Minute Gifts For Mother's Day
Sweet Mother's Day Love Letterbox Gift
Flowers for Mother's Day? Groundbreaking. But on a serious note, mum will be smitten with this bunch of bright blooms. Reasonably priced, letterbox friendly and delivered through her door right on time for the big day.
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Best Makeup Mother's Day Gift
L'Oreal True Match Lumi Glotion
Whether she wants to use it as a skin primer before makeup or as a shimmering finish afterward, this glow enhancer promises a radiant look that lasts.
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Best Mother's Day Gift Under £10
BeautyPro SPA at home: The Glow Edit
Under £10, complete with three types of sheet face masks – one foaming, one hydrating and one for eyes – this BeautyPro trio will make for a self-indulgent at-home spa day that mum can pamper herself with come March 19th.
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Best Viral Mother's Day Gift
Chances are, you've stumbled upon it on TikTok – Dior's lip oil is a real favorite among beauty editors, and it's easy to see why! Not only does it come in incredibly chic packaging, but it also works wonders by plumping, hydrating, and leaving your lips with a stunning shine.
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Best Mother's Day Gift From Children
Bambino Hand Print Frame with Ink Pad
If it’s her first Mother’s Day, this personalised baby handprint kit will bring a happy tear to her eye and, with the included photo frame, it'll make an excellent keepsake in years to come.
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Best Creative Mother's Day Gift
Grow Your Own Luxury White Bouquet And Vase Gift Set
A more unique selection, this grow your own bouquet gift from NOTH will make for a gorgeous keepsake and is a creative twist on the tradition of flowers for Mother's Day.
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Best Mother's Day Gift For Expecting Mums
Mama Mio Bloomin Lovely (Worth £72.00)
Mama Mio make the best mum-to-be lotions and potions and this quad from LookFantastic is too good a reduction to pass up. Not to mention it'll be quite the decor addition to her bathroom shelving.
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Best Alcohol Mother's Day Gift
SpiritSmith Personalised Mermaid Gin Miniature Gift Set
How about gin, mixer, and chocolate, all elegantly packaged in a picture-perfect hamper? I know my mum would be chuffed with this whether I bought it for her birthday gift, her Christmas gift – even if dad had the nouse (read: he doesn't) to have bought it for her Valentine's Day gift.
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Best Mother's Day Gift For Healthier Hair
If her top concern is maintaining her hair's health, then incorporating The Inkey List's exfoliating scalp duo into her weekly haircare regimen will quickly become essential.